A STUDY ON THE HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY WORK UNDER CITY SHAPING OF NİĞDE

Abstract

Niğde city which is in Turkey’s Central Anatolia Region, in Middle Kızılırmak Region is a settlement hosting many societies and states. Physical environment where the city was found, life- hospitable lands and safeguarded structure aganist to enemy have caused the establishment of many cities showing its own different characteristics. The purpose of this study to reveal the cultural characteristics of the community that lived in Niğde city, and to identify their impact on the shaping of Niğde city with using historical and geographical analysis methods. In this study it is revealed how it shaped adopted as part of the historic process of historical geography studies in Niğde city selected as the settlement in terms of geographical features, and it is pointed out that how important city is for the Cappadocia Region. Nigde solutions to urban problems in the city to do the analysis within the context of the production of urban geography studies and future proposals will benefit in bringing urban plans.

Keywords

• Niğde
• Kapadokya
• History
• Historical Geography